K/Ar and 39Ar/40Ar whole-rock dating of zeolite facies metamorphosed flood basalts: The upper Paleocene basalts of the Faroe Islands, NE Atlantic

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 197, Issue , 2002, Pages 219-252

  Waagstein, Regin ^a   Guise, Philip ^b   Rex, David ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 72049117913     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.197.01.09     Document Type: Article

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